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Acutiramus floweri

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Taxonomy
Pterygotus (Acutiramus) floweri was named by Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster (1955). Its type specimen is NYSM 10712, a claw (chelicera retaining fixed and free rami and part of the palm), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oneida Creek, southeast of Kenwood, which is in a Ludfordian lagoonal shale in the Vernon Formation of New York.

It was recombined as Acutiramus floweri by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Pterygotus (Acutiramus) floweri Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster p. 1046 fig. 2f,g,i
2013Acutiramus floweri Dunlop et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderEurypterinaBurmeister 1843
—Diploperculata
superfamilyPterygotioidea(Clarke and Ruedemann 1912)
familyPterygotidaeClarke and Ruedemann 1912
genusAcutiramus
speciesfloweri()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Acutiramus floweri Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster 1955
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Diagnosis
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